André le Moine — 1320s; English, probably London
MS. Douce 79
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Description
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Title
André le Moine — 1320s; English, probably London
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 79
Place of origin
English, probably London
Date
1320s
Language
Anglo-Norman
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
14 leaves
Decoration
Four full-page minatures: Annunciation (fol. 2r), Nativity (fol. 2v), Assumption of the Virgin (fol. 3r), Coronation of the Virgin (fol. 3v), attributed to the Master of the Queen Mary Psalter (Sandler, cat. 59).
2-line decorated initials by the Master of the Queen Mary Psalter (attribution to the Ancient 6 Master, reported in Douce Legacy cat. 224, was corrected by Dennison in her later article, n. 27).
Initials extending into partial borders.
Binding
Green leather with blind and gold tooling, signed 'Bozerian', i.e. Jean-Claude Bozerian or François Bozerian.
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834.
Provenance
Almost certainly formerly part of Paris, BnF, MS. Français 13342: see Dennison 290-1. On Français 13342 see Sandler, cat. 58, and François Avril and Patricia Stirnemann, Manuscrits enluminés d'origine insulaire. VIIe-XXe siècle, (Paris, 1987), cat. 179.
Francis Douce, 1757–1834: part of a set of books bought from Samuel Woodburnin April 1818.
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Title
A fragment of a work resembling the Golden Legend, in French, containing part of the Lives of Adam and Eve
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 79
Summary
Also includes (fol. 9v) an account of the Passion of Christ and especially of the history of the Cross, perhaps unconnected with the former piece. The fragment beg. 'Charivy par mon orgoil, & auoyt tut purveu', ends 'seint Pere reneya nostre Seignor.'.
Prefixed on fols. 2-3 are four fine full-page miniatures depicting scenes in the Life of the Virgin, not later than the writing, but not connected with it: and there are some illuminated capitals.
Date
written early in the 14th cent.
Language
French
Physical facet
On parchment, illuminated, binding: green leather with blind and gold tooling, stated to be by the elder or younger Bozerian
Physical extent
16 Leaves
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Collection contents
A fragment of a work resembling the Golden Legend, in French, containing part of the Lives of Adam and Eve
